Denali (Mount McKinley), named after assassinated U.S. president William McKinley in 1897, is one of the most impressive mountains in the world. Efforts in the 20th century to officially...
The red-headed woodpecker call consists of a tchur-tchur or drumming on its territory. The bird produced a variety of cackles, chirps, and other loud...
Northern Lapwing call consists of loud, shrill ‘chew’ and a more plaintive ‘chew-ip’ (often rendered ‘pee-wit’). Display-flight ‘song’ consists of short ‘wee-ip’ calls in...
Call/Voice/Sound/Song
House sparrow call consists of various chirping calls. Typical are a strong ‘cheee-ep’, a looser ‘chissick’ and a monotonous ‘chip’. The male gives a...
Common Myna call is noisy and varied, ranging from harsh gurglings and subdued chattering to liquid whistles. On taking flight, gives a weak, rather...
Call/Voice/Drumming
The Three-toed Woodpecker call (Picoides tridactylus) is not very vocal. The bird has a short but rather soft contact call, ‘kyeuk’ or ‘kyuk’, usually...
The Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is generally of medium build, though its size varies substantially, ranging from as large as a California Towhee in...
Painted Honeyeater call is a melodious undulating whistle; churr. However, the song of Painted Honeyeater is stridently whistled tort-tee, tort-tee, or et-tee, et-tee. At the...
Brown Gerygone Call consists of Three-to five-syllable soft twitter, diddle-it-did-dit, around the same pitch. That is repeated rapidly and incessantly throughout the day, even...
Description
The Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus) is an Afrotropical species. In southern Africa, it is a summer-breeding visitor with a largely tropical distribution, which extends...